In the name of God, Amen.
I, James Boring, of Baltimore County, in the State of Maryland,
being in a reasonable State of Health of Body, and of sound and
disposing mind, memory and undertaking, considering the certainty
of death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being
desirous to settle my worldly affairs, and thereby the better
prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me
hence, do therefore make and publish this my last Will and
Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say, First
and principally, I commit my Soul to God that gave it to me,
hoping for acceptance through the merits of Jesus Christ, my body
recommend to the Earth to be decently buried, at the discretion
of my Executors hereinafter named, and as touching such worldly
Estate as it has pleased God to bless me within this life, I Will
and Bequeath as follows: Item, I will and bequeath to my
son Joshua Boring, one hundred acres of land, part of Green's
Desire adjoining or next to Coxe's Land, including Eleven acres
part of Boring's Chance, in the hundred acres aforesaid, but not
to extend it up the Meadow above the first perchase of
Pennington. Item, I will and bequeath to my son Abraham
Boring one hundred acres of Land part of Green's Desire, to be
laid off adjoining a Tract of Land called "Sportsman's
Hall." Item, I will and bequeath to my two sons James
Boring and Richard Boring all the remainding part of my land, not
heretofore mentioned to be equally divided between them, both
upland and Meadow Ground. Item, I will and desire my son
Richard's inheritance shall be the place where I now live. Item,
I will and bequeath to my son Joshua aforesaid, a Negro Boy named
Benjamin, to serve him and his heirs until he arrives to the age
of twenty six years, and then to be mannimitted and have his
entire freedom and liberty. Item, I will and bequeath to
my daughter Mary Tipton, a Negro Boy named Daniel, to serve here
and her heirs until he arrives to the age of twenty six years,
and then to be mannimitted and have his entire freedom and
liberty. Item, I will and bequeath to my son James Boring
a Negro Girl named Minta, to serve him and his heirs, until she
arrives at the age of twenty one years, and then to be
mannimitted and to have her entire freedom and liberty. Item,
I will and bequeath to my son Abraham Boring a Negro Girl named
Fann to serve him and his heirs, until she arrives at the age of
twenty one years, and then to be mannimitted and have her entire
freedom and liberty. Item, I will and bequeath to my
daughter Elizabeth Handle, a Negro Boy named George, to serve her
and her heirs until he arrives to the age of twenty six years,
and then to be mannimitted and his entire freedom and liberty. Item,
I will and bequeath to my son Richard Boring a Negro Boy named
Phillip to serve him and his heirs until he arrives at the age of
twenty six years, and then to be mannimitted and have his entire
freedom and liberty. Item, I will and bequeath to Sire
Rebecca Cullison, Daughter of my Daughter Rebecca Cullison
deceased, one Negro Girl named Sal, to serve her and her heirs
until she arrives at the age of twenty one years and then to have
her entire freedom and liberty. I also will a legacy to the said
Sire Rebecca Cullison, that is to say: one Feather Bed and
Firneture. Item, I will and devise that at my decease,
Jube and Jude shall be mannimitted and have their entire freedom
and liberty. Item, I will and bequeath that after my
death, all the residue of my Personal Estate, shall be equally
divided share and share about, between Joshua Boring my son, my
Daughter Mary Tipton, James Boring, Abraham Boring, Elizabeth
Randel, Richard Boring, and Sire Rebecca Cullison all as
aforesaid. And Lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons
Joshua Boring and Richard Boring to be sole Executors of this my
last Will and Testament, revoking and annulling all former Wills
by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none
other to be my last Will and Testament. In Testimony Whereof,
I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my seal, this fifteenth
day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seven.

James Boering Seal

Signed, Sealed, and declared by James Boring, the
above Testator, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the
presence of us, who at his request, in his presence, and in the
presence of each other, have subscribed out names as Witnesses
thereto.

Thos. Lemon, Jacob Snider, John Hale

Baltimore County of S.S. On the 29th day
of December 1819 Came Thomas Lemmon and Jacob Snider two of the
subscribing Evidences to the aforegoing last Will and Testament
of James Boring late of said county, deceased, and made Oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that they did see the
Testator, sign and seal This Will, that they heard him publish,
pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament,
that at the time of his so doing, he was, to the best of their
apprehension of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding,
and that they together with John Hale the other subscribing
Evidence thereto, subscribed their names as Witnesses to this
Will, at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of
each other. Sworn to in Open Court.